Cuff-holder.



Patented luly 2, IBDI. R. M. HUGHES.

GUFF HOLDER. [Application filed Apr. 27, 1901.)

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RUSSELL M. HUGHES, OE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 677,663, dated July 2, 1901. Application filed April Z7, 1901. Serial No. 57,'706. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL M. HUGHES, of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in cuffholders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cud can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance or trouble by reason of the connectionof the cuff and sleeve portions of the device beingvmade at a point in rear of their connections to the cuff and sleeve, respectively, so that the cu will not interfere with the ready manipulation of the device, which is a great annoyance with many of this class of holders hitherto used.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of the device, as hereinafter explained, and shown in the drawings.

In said drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of the device, indicating the manner of its use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof detached.

The holder is composed of two parts A B, preferably made of resilient metal and about two inches long. Each of these parts is provided at one end with a button a b, respectively adapted to be engaged with the shirtsleeve band and with the cuff, as shown. Near its opposite end, part A is provided with opposite inwardly-projecting side flanges a on the face opposite the button a, said anges forming guides and keepers for the part B, the plain end of which is adapted to be slipped over the face of part A and under Iianges cz until the buttons a Z) are in line, and part B is provided with shoulders b', which are adapted to abut against the ends of flanges a and arrest the inward or backward sliding movement of part B on part A when the buttons ct b come in line. The buttons of course project from the opposite faces of parts A B.

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The parts A B are further provided, near their rear ends, with knobs or protuberances a2 b2, by which they can be more readily grasped and moved in relation to each other, so as to engage or disengage part B from part A.

On the rear end of part A is a protuber.

ance a3, adapted to engage with a protuberance b3 on the opposed face of part B when the parts are adjusted so as tobring buttons a b in line, and'thus lock the parts together until they are forcibly separated. Both parts A B project sufficiently in rear of Iianges a' to permit the interlocking protuberances a3 b3 to be forcibly engaged or sprung apart.

In use one of the parts, as A, may be buttoned to the shirt-band, as indicated in the drawings, with its lian ged side outermost and extending toward the elbow of the wearer. The part B is buttoned to the cu, as shown, and projects therefrom, forming a convenient tongue by which to handle the cuff without Then when the wearer wants to attach the cuff to the sleeve he grasps part B and pulls the cuff onto his wrist and brings part B over part A, slipping the rounded rear end of part B under or between the flanges a? of part A and pulling part B back until the protuberances a3 b3 engage, when the cuff will be securely attached tothe shirt-sleeve. When he desires to remove the cuff, he grasps the rearwardly-projecting portions of parts A B (which he can readily do, as they project clear of the cuff) and then slides part B on part A until B is clear of Ilanges a2. As both parts A B project rearwardly clear of the cuff, the wearer can readily reach them and does not have to fumble under the c uff or with the buttons in order to attach or detach the cud, and there are no bothersome spring-catches to manipulate nor any projecting portions, other than the inner buttonheads, which can come in contact with the arm and annoy the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

l. In a cuff-holder, the combination of the two separable parts, each having a buttonon its forward end, lateral flanges on one part for guiding and retaining the other part, in-

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termediate knobs or projections on both parts for mnnipulatingthern, and protuberan'ees on the rear ends of the parts adapted to interlock when the parts are brought together7 sub- 5 stantiaily as described.

2. The herein-described cuff-holder, comprising the part A having button a, anges a', knob a2, and protuberance a3; with the part B having button b, shoulders b', knob b2 and protuberanee ball substantially as and 1o for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I ciaim'the foregoing as my own I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL M. HUGHES. In presence of- JAS. H. THARP,

W. P. FINLEY. 

